11-week course (1 hour 15 mins p/week)
Mondays: 8pm - 9:15pm
Course begins: 29th April - 22nd July (no class for first May Bank Holiday 6th May or 3rd June due to Masterclass)
Students will perform in a theatre performance in the prestigious Chapel Playhouse, King's Cross on the last day of the course!
This course is all about trusting yourself and your ideas and having confidence in your approach to others and yourself. This course is suitable for complete beginners as well as those who have previously studied acting but would like a refresher.
The course will include:
- Techniques to settle nerves and feel comfortable interacting and reacting to others.
- Methods to learn lines quickly and effectively.
- Working practically with Acting, Movement and Voice techniques to improve confidence and speak with assuredness.
- Learning how to trust your intuition.
- Feel comfortable working in the ensemble as well as individually.
- Public speaking breathing techniques.
- Improvisation.
- Listening to your inner voice.
- Scriptwriting and story arching.
- Learning how to use your voice with authority and clarity.
Content covered in the class above, immediately before this class on Mondays will be different so it will be possible to take both classes concurrently.
Completion of this course will end with a performance and students will receive an ADC certificate and allow you to progress to Acting for Intermediates.
Address: 308-312 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8DP
About the teacher:
This course will be taught by Maddy Anholt. Maddy is an actress, comedian and writer, she trained at ALRA. Maddy has had four sell-out one-woman shows at Underbelly, Gilded Balloon, main stage Latitude Festival and Soho Theatre, plus a UK tour. She was nominated for 'Best New Show' at Leicester Comedy Festival and shortlisted for 'Pick of the Fringe' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Maddy had her self-penned comedy, which she also performed on BBC Radio 4, she has filmed with BBC, ITV, Warner Bros, Channel 5 and more. Most recently she filmed a part in BBC Three's 'Jerk' and she also guests on ITV's 'This Morning'. Maddy has a TV series in development. She has been teaching and running workshops for 8 years.
Class dates:
29th April, (no class 6th May Bank Holiday), 13th May, 20th May, 27th May (Bank Holiday classes will still run) , (no class 3rd June), 10th June, 17th June, 24th June, 1st July, 8th July, 15th July, 22nd July.
Address
The Bread and Roses at The Chapel, 308-312, Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DP
Nearest Station
King's Cross St. Pancras (Tube)